קׇרְחָה
qorchâh · kor-khaw'
baldness
Lexicon
Derivation: or קׇרְחָא; (Ezekiel 27:31), from H7139 (קָרַח);
baldness
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bald(-ness), [idiom] utterly.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קׇרְחָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- baldness3 · 27%
- and baldness2 · 18%
- any baldness1 · 9%
- shall be baldness1 · 9%
- and to baldness1 · 9%
- shall be bald1 · 9%
- and they shall make themselves utterly1 · 9%
- thy baldness1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.